Was Cleopatra black? Spike Lee thinks so. Even Shakespeare, no Afrocentrist he, called her “tawny” (yellowish-brown). Hollywood, though, makes her white (pictured). But what do the facts say? First, a disclaimer: American ideas of race, of black and white, are an invention of the 1600s. In Cleopatra’s time and place, people saw themselves in terms … Continue reading Was Cleopatra black?
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